Question

What is an equation that is less steep than y=1/2-5?

Answer 1

`y = (1)/(5) x + 10`

Explanation:

The steepness refers to great or small the slope is irrespective of the sign.

The given line is

`y = (1)/(2)x - 5`

To find the steepness you must solve for the absolute value of the slope.

`|m| = | (1)/(2) | = (1)/(2) = 0.5`

Therefore any line with the absolute value of slope less than 0.5 has is less steep.

An example is

`y = (1)/(5)x + 10`

The steepness is

`| (1)/(5) | = 0.2`